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Nightmare alley

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Publisher:
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date:
[2021]
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition
Language:
English
Description
A Movies Unlimited favorite, this noir-flavored drama, based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, tracks the rise and fall of con man/carnival worker Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power). Seducing a sideshow performer (Joan Blondell) to learn the secret to her and her alcoholic husband's (Ian Keith) mind-reading act, Carlisle leaves with a fellow carnie (Coleen Gray) and sets himself up as a spiritualist in Chicago. The con brings them acclaim and wealth, but Carlisle's greed leads to his ruination. Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes also star. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Uncompressed PCM mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; interviews; essay; theatrical trailer.
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Grouped Work IDed691974-577a-9653-bf33-c7320f19ed23
Grouping Titlenightmare alley
Grouping Author110
Grouping Categorymovie
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-03-25 20:07:06PM
Last Indexed2024-03-28 05:54:24AM

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Blondell, Joan
Furthman, Jules
Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978
Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959
Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015
Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962
Holmes, Taylor, 1878-1959
Jessel, George, 1898-1981
Keith, Ian, 1899-1960
Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990
McLean, Barbara, 1903-1996
Mockridge, Cyril J. 1896-1979
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958
Walker, Helen, 1920-1968
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Blondell, Joan,actor
Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher
Furthman, Jules,screenwriter
Garmes, Lee,1898-1978,director of photography
Goulding, Edmund,1891-1959,film director
Gray, Coleen,1922-2015,actor
Gresham, William Lindsay,1909-1962.Nightmare alley
Holmes, Taylor,1878-1959,actor
Jessel, George,1898-1981,film producer
Keith, Ian,1899-1960,actor
Mazurki, Mike,1907-1990,actor
McLean, Barbara,1903-1996,editor of moving image work
Mockridge, Cyril J.1896-1979,composer (expression)
Power, Tyrone,1914-1958,actor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,presenter
Walker, Helen,1920-1968,actor
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Ashland Vaughn Public Library
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Ashland Adult Blu-ray
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"Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long-difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era--a fatalistic downward slide into existential oblivion"--Container
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Blu-ray
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Movies
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Fiction
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Dramas
Fiction
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Ashland Vaughn Public Library
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Ashland Vaughn Public Library
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9781681438351
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715515259019
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2021
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The Criterion Collection
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Criterion collection
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Criterion collection|1078
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Carnivals -- Drama
Feature films
Film adaptations
Film noir
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama
Telepathy -- Drama
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Nightmare alley
title_full
Nightmare alley / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; directed by Edmund Goulding ; screenplay by Jules Furthman ; produced by George Jessel
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Nightmare alley
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Carnivals
Man-woman relationships
Swindlers and swindling
Telepathy
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0715515259019

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